I've personally reached the point where the sound of MP3s are so uncompelling, because so much is lost in translation. — Beck Copy Share Image
Eventually, if you're experimenting with a sound that's unfamiliar, it gets absorbed, and somebody comes and does it better, and it becomes… — Beck Copy Share Image
When I pull out vinyl - which isn't that often anymore - it's undeniable that I get a different feeling. There's a… — Beck Copy Share Image
I know my own limitations. And if somebody says, "I need songs for a cartoon garage band - they look like this… — Beck Copy Share Image
In recording, you're trying to make something work sonically - getting the right inflection on the right guitar sound - and maybe… — Beck Copy Share Image
I've been arguing with people for 10 years about tape versus digital, and I believe tape is absolutely essential in getting the… — Beck Copy Share Image
The repercussions of what you put out and what people gravitate to in your music never registered at all. I never had… — Beck Copy Share Image
I hear a lot of bad TV commercials that try to sound like Where It's At. That pretty much turned me off… — Beck Copy Share Image
I think I gave indications early on that mine wasn't just going to be a commercial, er, career. If that were the… — Beck Copy Share Image
I think everybody should just turn off their TV machines and make up their own songs about whatever comes to mind-their couch,… — Beck Copy Share Image
There are certain records that you love because the songs are great, but you don't go to them as an example of great production. — Beck Copy Share
It gets a little bit troublesome when you have something that's overcompressed that shouldn't be. — Beck Copy Share
Let the desert wind cool your aching head. Let the weight of the world - drift away instead — Beck Copy Share
I'm always looking for older equipment and ways of recording, but you can't escape the fact that it's all going to be digitized and… — Beck Copy Share
There's a perception that if an artist produces another artist, they're going to imprint on them. But I'm the opposite. I want to hear… — Beck Copy Share
Tonight the city is full of morgues, and all the toilets are overflowing. There's shopping malls coming out of the walls, as we walk… — Beck Copy Share
I think it's interesting being American, the expectations for an American guy, and the image that has to be projected. 'Oh, I can't wear… — Beck Copy Share
Technology was something I avoided when I started out - I didn't even have electric guitars. Only played acoustic. — Beck Copy Share
I'm the artist formally known as Beck. I have a genius wig. When I put that wig on, then the true genius emerges. I… — Beck Copy Share
Originally, the lyrics to "Girl" were really upbeat, and then it didn't work for me somehow. You need the dichotomy. If you're doing something… — Beck Copy Share
“There's a destination,a little up the road. From the habitations and the towns we know. A place we saw the lights turn low. The… — Beck Copy Share
As society changes, as politics change, as people change, certain songs still seem to resonate. — Beck Copy Share
With modern recording techniques, and living in the Pro Tools era, the process gets really drawn-out, and it can become painstaking. — Beck Copy Share
